A report from the nonprofit organisation, As You Sow and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reveals that while there is a rise in the use of plastic packaging across the US market to meet the needs of fast food and consumer ...
Tags: plastic PET bottles, Agriculture
Qualcomm Inc said it expects its newest Snapdragon mobile chip will not be used in a major customer's flagship smartphone, sending its shares lower. The chipmaker said in a statement on Wednesday it expects fiscal 2015 revenue between $26.0 ...
Tags: Qualcomm, Snapdragon, mobile chip
Globally, the Ikea Group's net income for the financial year 2014 amounted to €3.3b – the same as that reported for the previous year. Market conditions continued to improve with strong performance in China and North America, and ...
Tags: stores, Flat Performance, Furniture
Hiwin Technologies Corp., a major Taiwan-based manufacturer of linear guide ways and ball screws, reported revenue of NT$15.08 billion (US$471.25 million) throughout 2014, rising 21.3% from 2013's NT$12.44 billion (US$388.81 million) to ...
AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) today reported preliminary unaudited results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Gilbertson, stated, “The quarter was not as active as last year as ...
Alkame Holdings, a health and wellness technology holding company with a focus on patentable, innovative, and eco-friendly products has signed a binding Letter of Intent with Ready Made to form a joint venture to produce the world's only ...
KonaRed Corporation, manufacturers of Antioxidant Juices and nutritional supplements from the unique and exclusive Hawaiian CoffeeBerry, coffee fruit from Kona, Hawaii, today announced that consumer product sales for the fourth quarter of ...
Tags: coffee fruit, Agriculture
As the tax authority said, China's pilot program to replace business tax with value-added tax (VAT) reduced tax revenue by 191.8 billion yuan ($30.7 billion) in 2014, the tax authority said Wednesday. The country expanded the VAT reform to ...
Tags: VAT Reform, Tax
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
Former Coles boss, Ian McLeod has resigned from his position with Coles’ parent company Wesfarmers, accepting an offer to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Bi-Lo Holdings, one of the largest supermarket operators in the ...
Tags: retail market, Agriculture
Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced that it has partnered with Tian Jin Sen Yong Tai Co Limited, to establish a joint venture for ...
Medtronic as of Monday expected to complete its $48 billion merger with Covidien—after clearing its final hurdle with the Irish High Court's sanctioning of the deal. Bloomberg dubbed the merger the biggest inversion ever, while ...
Taiwan-based SMD LED packaging service provider Advanced Optoelectronics Technology (AOT) will actively promote sales of SMD LED packaging for lighting applications and expects the revenue proportion for LED lighting in 2015 to double the ...
Just about everyone in the microelectronics industry is familiar with two patterns: Moore’s Law and the Semiconductor Cycle. These two cycles have taught me the power of patterns and forecasting. Our industry understands how to ...
Tags: plan revenue, inventory levels, Electrical
Gap Inc. has decided to close its Piperlime brand, including the online platform and single store in New York, by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. The company is committed to executing against its long-term strategy of ...